In The Blink of an Eye (ONE DIRECTION FanFiction)

Love, Trust, and Other Lies

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This chapter's song is "Better Days," by the Goo Goo Dolls.

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Madame Midnight

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Niall's POV

I leaned against my car as I texted Evelyn, letting her know I was here. Harry was already pissed at me and no one was themselves. The whole group had been fighting and I'm probably making it worse by being here, but I don't care. She needed me and I would be damn sure to be here to help her. After a minute or two Evelyn came running out of the school. She ran into my arms and burst into sobs. I was taken by surprise, Evelyn never cried in front of me. I held her close and rubbed her back soothingly. After a few minutes I walked her back to my car. When we were both seated, she looked at me. Her eyes were red, her face held different bruises and scrapes. Her body may be damaged but deep down inside, I knew the old Evelyn lived. The funny, weird one. The one who always made me smile. That was my Evelyn.

"You were right," she said in between her broken sobs.

"This is the one time I really wished I was wrong." I said letting out a light laugh. She looked at me with the same hopeless eyes.

"He always hurts me," she began. "He hurts me for no reason. I tried to stop him today. He hurt me even worse. So a while ago I tried cutting," she showed me her scarred arm and I touched it gently with my index finger. "I thought maybe if I tried it the pain would stop." She began to burst into another round of sobs, "I'm so stupid Niall! I should have told Harry or my mom or anyone but I didn't, and now I don't even know." She began to hyperventilate.

"Shh," I said trying to calm her. "It's okay, look we'll talk to your mum..." before I could finish she cut me off.

"Absolutely not. You can't tell anyone, especially Harry."

"Then what do you want me to do," I asked confused.

"I want, no, I need you to be my friend Niall. I need you to be the one who will tel me it will be okay. The one who will tell me I'll be okay. The one who will let me cry on their shoulder then make me laugh five seconds later. I need you to be that friend Niall."

"No," I protested. A look of shock displayed on her face, I took her hand in mine. "I want to be your boyfriend and I would do all those things without question. And I need you to be my girlfriend, and I promise I will be all those things and more. I know it's quick, but I love you. And I know it sounds stu-" before I could finish she cut me off with a kiss. When we parted she looked up at me with her old eyes. The bright emerald one's that shinned. The one's I fell in love with.

"I love you too," she said smilingly warmly. "Promise me something Niall," she half begged. "Promise this will be our little secret. Promise that Harry will never know a single word I told you."

"Of course," I lied as I kissed her back.

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Harry's POV

Evelyn walked into the house at about four. I was still mildly upset at her for treating me the way she did and for kissing Niall. I smiled at her when she walked in, she seemed different. She was smiling and it wasn't forced I walked next to her and saw Louis cutting up carrots.

"Ev, do you like carrots," Louis asked randomly.

"Louis, I've known you for almost two years. You know I don't like carrots."

Louis looked at me and innocently said, "And that's why I will never love your sister Harry." Then he threw a carrot at Evelyn and me. The best part was I could Evelyn laugh. Maybe she was becoming her old self. For a while we all just hung around the house being stupid and making each other laugh. At around five Niall came in.

"Hello Nialler," said Zayn.

He walked straight past him, grabbed my arm and pulled me into another room.

"Use protection," yelled Louis as we walked into the other room.

"What," I asked angrily.

"Look and hear me out," Niall started. I knew this was going to be bad. "Evelyn texted me today, she told me a lot of things." He went on to talk about how Evelyn had been being abused and everything. He said she wanted to tell me but I couldn't believe what I was hearing. My little sister had been being hurt and she hid it from me. She hid it from my step mum. She hid it from everyone. I felt like I was about to cry, Niall looked like he was too.

"So what do we do," Niall asked.

I just shook my head, "Ev, get in here!"